beeptext

what's this?

Beeptext is a python script (that can be executed as a command) that allows you to quickly make a Windows 95-style popup, with custom text and everything, and directly put it as a screenshot in your clipboard!

what is this made for?

anyone that would feel like sparkling a little bit of popup boxes into their messages, or if you want to roleplay as a computer program. I made this out of boredom because the idea striked me, feel free to use it!

how do i install?

Prerequisites: Python (anything still supported works, i personnally use 3.11)

• Clone the repo
• Install pillow using pip
• Copy template.json to config.json, and edit that config file.
• voilà! you can now use it with python index.py or on linux you can also use the bt batch script (that you can symlink into /usr/bin/ or another folder on your PATH)

how do I use?

run the program using python index.py (in the folder), but it supports a couple of parameters!

Use icons

If you have the png file in assets/icons/, you can have a popup with the icon by typing python index.py [iconname]. There are about 70 icons sourced from the Atom Smasher Error Message Generator, obtained from kirsle's errorgen. (I honestly thought that website was a mandela effect.)

how do I make a theme?

Here's a json example, with colors sourced from the default Windows 95 theme.

{
    "metadata": { // This entire section is ignored by the script and is mostly meant for crediting.
        "title": "my very cool theme", // A font title.
        "creator": "meeee :3", // The author.
        "description": "beep boop" //
    },
    "background": "#d4d0c8", // Window background color
    "titlebar": {
        "backdrop": "#00aaaa", // Title background color
        "textcolor": "#ffffff" // Title text color.
    },
    "textcolor": "#000000", // The color of all text that's not the title
    "style": { // This section styles the borders around the "OK" button and the window.
        "highlight":"#ffffff",
        "shadow": "#646464",
        "outline": "#000000"
    }
}

To use it, simply use the --theme:[theme] option, or change the theme

I have a suggestion...

feel free to open an issue! or, if you know python, make a pull request!

Credits

Code by #Guigui (Guillaume G.)

inspired by (C) Atom Smasher.

The MIT license only applies to the codebase itself. Everything inside the assets folder belong to their respective owners. Windows Regular.ttf is "Windows" by Levi Szekeres. Available as "free for personal use".